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In a significant intervention in the general election campaign Dr Rowan Williams said the UK should wear its aid budget as “a badge of honour”.

The Prime Minister has so far refused to commit to maintaining the Government’s current policy of spending 0.7 per cent of GDP on foreign aid as speculation continues to grow over whether the figure will be included in the Tory election manifesto.

But Dr Williams has called on Mrs May to “hold firm on the promise we have made”.

Dr Rowan Williams. the former Archbishop of CanterburyCredit:
Nick Edwards for The Telegraph

He said in a statement: “As we debate the future of our country, our relationship to the EU and our new relationship...

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